As a cable channel that’s existed since 1980 (1977 if we’re counting when it was the Madison Square Garden Sports Network), naturally USA Network has gone through various changes over the decades. Perhaps the biggest of them, though, came in 2016 when the network started cutting back on scripted programming in favor of focusing on sports coverage, reality programming and wrestling. However, following the massive success of Suits on Netflix and Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie arriving to Peacock subscribers, apparently USA may be returning to scripted shows, and if this is true, I’m jazz about it!
Both Suits and Monk were two of USA’s most popular shows when they respectively aired during what’s known as the channel’s “blue sky” era, and this year has seen them both reenter the public consciousness in major ways. Now, according to Deadline, USA, which is owned by NBCUniversal, is looking to return to the scripted programming specifically the “light, frothy character-based procedurals” from the aforementioned era, with other examples from that time including Psych, Royal Pains, White Collar and Burn Notice, among others. Perhaps this bodes well for the “legitimate talks” concerning a White Collar revival, and I also wouldn’t be surprised if this is where the Suits spinoff that’s set in Los Angeles ends up.
